The Straits Times, 29 November 1958

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    17 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED KALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1958 15 CENTS
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    BANK PLANS SCRAPPED
    496 1 SINGAPORE UNLIKELY TO FOLLOW FEDERATION 'Business as usual 9 no rush to withdraw deposits renang branch «lding work halted Fri.The Singapore nment is unely to introduce sasurat parallel to iose announced by c Federation Covnt- to prohibit; reign state-own-ed banks. Tins assurance, it is stood, has been
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    2,000 at THEIR WEDDING
    81 1 2,000 at THEIR WEDDING TENCKU OSMAN, 26, and i engku Maimunah, 19, after their bersanding ceremony at the Istana Bukir Srulang, |ohore Bahru. Both are grandchildren of the Sultan of Johore. More than 2,000 guests attended one of |ohore's biggest wedding ceremonies of the year. Tengku Osman's father is Tengku
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    Rebels may ask for political asylum
    200 1 SINGAPORE, Friday. INDONESIAN rebels in Singapore may seek poli--1 tical asylum with the British Government, an Indonesian Consulate spokesman said here today. He said: "No rebels have applied lor political asylum yet. but there is a possibility that some of them will do so."
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    Nixon's talks
    31 1 LONDON, Fri. The U.S. Vice-President, Mr. Richard Nixon, yesterday talked to British businessmen, Labour Party politicians and trade union leaders on the third day of his visit to Britain.
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    Clinic razed
    20 1 TOKYO, Fri. Fire completely destroyed the clinic attached to the medical college of Hokkaido University last night. U-P.I.
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    Lock icon Recognition
    15 1 TOKYO, Fri. The Japanese Government today decided to recognise the new Sudanese regime. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Railwaymen mobilised
    50 1 BUENOS AIRES, Fri. The Argentine Government today mobilised striking railwaymen under military law to prevent the country's railway system being totally paralysed. Earlier the Government declared Illegal a strike which has closed down southern suburban lines and disorganised most others. The strikers are claiming retrospective wage payments. —Reuter.
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    HK Bank may take over Mercantile
    201 1 SINGAPORE, Fri.— One of Malaya's oldest banks the Mercantile Bank Ltd. may be taken over by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd. if talks in London are successful. A joint announcement by the boards of the two banks said the Hongkong Bank might
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    Malaya to ease restrictions on dollar imports
    860 1  -  HARRY MILLER and FELIX ABISHEGANADEN CANADA GIVES $1,500,000 TO HELP FEDERATION'S 5-YEAR PLAN By KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. MALAYA has agreed, as a result of a long discussion this morning between Tengku Abdul Rahman and the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. John Diefenbaker, that there
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    THUGS AMBUSH 'SMOKES' VAN
    256 1 SINGAPORE, Friday. A GUNMAN wearing a jockey cap and his dagger- wielding accomplice today bundled out two occupants of a van and drove off in the vehicle, $1,000 in cash. The two thugs ambushed the van. belonging to Ban Leong and Co., at lunchtim* as it
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    ASSEMBLY WILL BE DISSOLVED BY APRIL 2, SAYS TUN LIM
    163 1 ASSEMBLY WILL BE DISSOLVED BY APRIL 2, SAYS TUN LIM SINGAPORE. Fri. The Legislative Assembly will be dissolved "by April 2 if not earlier" to make way for elections under the new constitution, the Chief Minister. Tun Lim Yew Hock, said today. But he declined to give any firm indication
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    Lock icon Trade link
    22 1 HONG KONG, Fri— A new import-export office was opened here, giving Pakistan a direct trade link with Hong Kong.— Reuter.
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    Jewels grab foiled police
    380 1 Jewels grab foiled police —police qiN^APORE. Fn. —In an ambush, police today foiled a daylight attempt to rob the jewellery firm of H. Sena Ltd., in Raffles Hotel, Mr. Eu Cheow Eang, the Police Secretary, told the Straits Times. A waiting party of detectives led by Inspector Ng Leng Wah,
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    STOP PRESS
    54 1 VO INJURED IN ,MPONC BRAWL l*Mi.\POKl ir! Km;; SI. ;iiml niece I imi Sui I.i.m. 24, m kHuly Injured i .it police called h.iurl.v brawl' in kampeng oil SiUt Road. At 1 a.m. Onu still in coma, i waiting .it bed* side to find out ii I MM
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    'Strong-arm squads scaring voters'
    1081 2 SIX POLITICAL LEADERS SPEAK IN FORUM ON SINGAPORE'S FUTURE** AND THOMAS DECLARES: MARSHALL: NO AMOUNT OF MONEY CAN TRANSFORM US INTO AN ANTI-CHINA HEADQUARTERS SINGAPORE, Friday Tan: Self-rule only first step "STRONG A\\ M men have been engaged in house to house canvassing seeking to influence
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    Lock icon Now meet DOCTOR Sabrina
    146 2 Now meet DOCTOR Sabrina "■ssg* sitv student an alrpon p, ference British Sabnna v.!,, /erred on her the title of "Doctor 01 Physical Development.' Sabrlna who is A u s for a of t h appearan said s h e stopped ov. r In California to talk over a script
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    Lock icon GRANTHAM SAYS H.K. IS 'BERLIN OF THE EAST
    516 3 Of unique use to China, West LONDON, Friday. PROVIDING sanctuary to hundreds of thousands of people fleeing from tyranny. Hong Kong was in a sense "the Berlin of the East," \lo\andcr (irantham said last night. Sir Alexander, former Governor of the British
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    Lock icon MALAYA'S ALL IN CYPRUS DEBATE
    147 3 MALAYA'S ALL IN CYPRUS DEBATE v-FAV YORK. Fri. When the U.N td its debate on today Dr. Ismail Dato Abdul Rah hiof delegate of Federation of Mail, the first speaker, that Cyprus was a [a] problem mado rated by its in;onal nature. important, he .said, the three parties most concerned
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    PAKHAR TO GROW HIS BEARD AGAIN
    124 3 PAKHAR TO GROW HIS BEARD AGAIN TIDWORTII, (Hampshire), Fri. Pakhar Singh, 21--year-old Sikh who broke a precept of his religion by yetting rid of his beard and long hair so that he could join the British Army, learned today that the Duke of Gloucester wants him to re-grow his beard
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    Dutch recruits
    27 3 THE HAGUE. Fri. The Dutch Government is to recruit volunteers to strengthen its defence forces in Dutch New Guinea, it was officially announced here today.
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    Lock icon BRITISH TOOLS FOR CHINA
    48 3 "ON. Fri. Chin i i' rod machine toois more than v; 1.000.000 0 British firms, the lal Times reported The orders are amonn the biggest the Chinese have placed in Britain since the strategic embargo on exports to them was relaxed last August. Reuter.
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    Lock icon U.S. HOLIDAY DEATH TOLL
    34 3 XKW YORK. Fri.— Americans celebrated Thanks«ivin« Day yesterday but there was a sombre note in the IIMlllties: Road accidents claimed U lives and another U people died in iires— Reuter.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    292 3 LONDON. Frl. Stockmarkets finished the week on a very firm note. Selective buying was on a good scale and embraced many Issues in nearly all sections. Hongkong and Shanghai Bank and Mercantile Bank were strong features following the news that discussions IN in progress with retard to a
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    RUBBER
    29 3 LONDON. Fri— Spot 25 "idJan. 25'jd.. Jan.-Mar. 25 \d., April-June 25^d.. July-Sept. i25'id., Oct.-Dec. 25 -id.. Dec. elf 25', d.. Jan. c.i.f. 25»,d.. Peb c.i.f. 25'',d. Tone: Quiet.
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    TIN
    21 3 IAJ.MJUIN, ril. DU.icw HJI!, sellers £758. Forward buvers £761. i sellers £761'^. Settlement £759. a.m. 140 tons, p.m. 120 tons.
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    Lock icon Off to Australia-man who fought on both sides in second world war
    106 3 Off to Australia -man who fought on both sides in second world war LEO D ALDER UP. a Dutchman who fought on both sides in the second world war, is seen with his wife and two children at London docks before em. barking for Australia, where the family will settle
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    Lock icon Go to war to save Berlin—demand
    217 3 Go to war to save Berlin— demand ISOLATED CITY APPEALS TO WEST BERLIN. Friday. ISOLATED West Berlin demanded today the West use military force if necessary to save it from the Communists. The East Germans immediately replied that the Soviet Union would defend them against Western attack. The East German
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    Resistance hero to shape new army
    160 4 RAXAK NAMES ORGANISER OF TERRITORIAL* |POH, Fri. The leader of the Malay guerrilla resistance in Pahang during the lapanese occupation, Lieut. Col. Yeop Mahidin bin Mohamed Shariff, 40, has been picked to organise the Federation's proposed Territorial Army. Oato Abdul Raxak bin Hussein, the
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    NEW CLUB TO BRING CHEER TO POOR CHILDREN
    208 4 NEW CLUB TO BRING CHEER TO POOR CHILDREN CINGAPORE, Fri.— A "Hans Anderson Club for Under Privileged Children" has been formed, under the patronage of Sir Percy McNelce, to brighten the lives of some 8.000 youngsters within the circle of the Social Welfare Department. Parties will be arranged once a
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    Maiden voyage ship arrives
    41 4 SINGAPORE. Fri. The 3.838-ton cargo-vessel, Waikiri. arrived in Singapore today from India on her maiden run to -New Zealand. The vessel, built by Alexander Stephen and Sons Co Ltd., will sail for New Zealand on December 3.
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    A good Samaritan finds himself in deep trouble
    336 4 BUILT SCHOOL WITH BORROWED CASH SINGAPORE, Friday. •TKN yean ago, a OOffeeshop owner, concerned over the large number of wandering children in a village off Dementi Hoad. started a Chinese school to educate them. Three years ago, he borrowed $11,000 and built
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    Abduction charge: 2 cleared
    94 4 SINGAPORE. Fri Two brothers were acquitted today on charges of abducting their next-door neigh, bour and causing hurt to him while being members of an unlawful assembly. The brothers are Neo Ah lek. 17. alias Ah Yew. and Nio Tho Chim. 24. alias Ah Ter. of
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    Agency manager is accused
    50 4 SINGAPORE, Fri.— Chang Ban Swee. manager of the Uni Service Agency in North Bridge Road, was today charged in the ninth magistrate^ court -R-rth cheating Tan Kirn Que of $70. on the pretext of getting a job for him on Sept. 6. He was allowed baii.
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    COUPLE DIE AFTER CAR WOBBLES, CRASHES INTO TREE
    261 4 COUPLE DIE AFTER CAR WOBBLES, CRASHES INTO TREE CINGAPORL. car which overtook another car Just before a bend at 9; milestone Upper Thompson Roac swerved and wobbled before crashing into a tree on the left hand side of the road. Th;> \va- tated at v inquest today on Warrant Ortict-r
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    Any complaints? Not if Hussein is the cook
    130 4 SINGAPORE, Fri.— Sgt. Hussein bin Ahmad of the Malayan Basic Training Centre, Nee Soon, today won the Malay section of the Singapore Base District individual cookery competition. Runner-up was Pte. Hussein bin Osman. also of the Malayan Basic Training Centre. Nee Soon.
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    VAN WITH A SECRET
    57 4 BUTTERWORTH. Fri.— A shopkeeper bought a secret compartments from tne Customs DePthen used it to carry dutiable goods, tlnhere was told yesterday. The court ordered the van and goods to be c< j J fined the owner. Tengku Sulaiman. $1.5b0 make an import declaration, and a
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      400 4 ST.UiE (MB present. 'Small daiue .it SMP liall. Beach Road. Hotel," a comedy by Rex Frost. 8 p.m. at the Cultural Centre Theatre. Joo (HIAT YOITH LIB Canning Rise. (Joo Chint Roadi: Boxina. badMALAYAN AIRWAYS SPORTS nunton. indoor games 4 p.m.. CLUB: Annual ball and Airline bodybuilding 6 p.m.. film
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    Miriam meets a makyong star
    53 5 MIRIAM, the daughter of the Prime Minister. cngku Abdul Rahman, who left her parents during c interval of the makyong performance at the British Council in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday night, to make ends with veteran actress, Limah binte Abu Bakar, star of the play.
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    FORD PLANT WORKERS WALK OUT'0N STRIKE'
    480 5 SINGAPORE, Friday. I'lIK lord Motor Company of Malaya said today it was prepared to negotiate with leaders of ts !80 industrial employees who stopped work at c Uukit Timah Road plant this morning over uspension and dismissal of 13 workers. The company said it
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    Firms will take on unemployed labourers
    167 5 Firms will take on unemployed labourers SINGAPORE, Fri A number of private firms here have assured the Government they will follow its lead in finding work for unemployed labourers. The Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Labour and Welfare. Mr. L. C. Goh. who outlined the Government's scheme to use
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    Braga returning
    52 5 SINGAPORE. Fri The Health Minister. Mr. A. J. Braga. and Mrs. Braga. will be returning here on Sunday from their holiday in Japan. Mr. Braga will open the new extension to a Wing of the Rotary School in the Trafalgar Home. Yio Kang Road, on Dec. 4 at
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    China night
    19 5 SINGAPORE. Fri. The China Society tonight presented a Chinese concert entitled "China Society" at the Victoria Theatre.
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    Union men see Lint in wage dispute
    153 5 POR] pri. Thei Tun Lim Yew assured leaders j apore Business )\t i g 1 Union Id look into the dispute with! Lents of 14 firms. r-man delegation mion president, ing reck Hee. him to seek his advice on what sU-ps to ake
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    THE PROF IS IN SUCH A MIX-UP OVER HIS VISITOR'S PASS
    139 5 THE PROF IS IN SUCH A MIX-UP OVER HIS VISITOR'S PASS SINGAPORE. Fri. A gentle 58-year-old professor of the Nanyang University spent the whole of today in his home waiting nervously for immigration officials to "arrest" him. The cause of Prof. Fan Kie's fear: His visitor's lyiss expired today, and
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    Witnesses say: We picked out wrong man
    327 5 Witnesses say: We picked out wrong man SINGAPORE, Friday. A MAN who was accused of at- tempted murder was today discharged after three witnesses, including the injured person, had told a preliminary inquiry that they picked out the wrong person at a police identification parade. Quek Hai Cheng, 21, was
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    THEY WENT UP BUT REFUSED TO COME DOWN BY LIFT
    156 6 THEY WENT UP BUT REFUSED TO COME DOWN BY LIFT SINGAPORE Friday. fHIKTY-TWO islanders from Pulau Aver Merbau have sworn never to enter a lit* again. REASON: 15 of them; were caught in a lift] jam for ten minutes while on the way up to I the fifth floor of
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    Re-union dance
    22 6 SINGAPORE. Fri— The St. Andrew's Old Boys' Association tonight held its annual re-union dinner and dance at > the Capitol Restaurant.
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    Our citizens treated as stateless
    102 6 Our citizens treated as stateless SINGAPORE. Fri. Chinese businessmen who have become Singapore citizens but still hold certificates of admission are faced with travelline difficulties in their trade visits to Indonesia. Twenty of them, who are now in Jambi, have written to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce complaining that they
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    EXAMS IN BED FOR GAIK SUAN SHE BROKE A LEG IN A STREET ACCIDENT
    217 6 EXAMS IN BED FOR GAIK SUAN SHE BROKE A LEG IN A STREET ACCIDENT SIXTEEN-year-okl Wong Gaik Suan is taking the Senior Cambridge examinations in a ward of the General Hospital in Kuala Lumpur. Miss Wong, a Form Five pupil of the Bukit Nanas Convent, is in hospital with a
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    Three fan-tan cheats jailed 'as warning'
    389 6 Three fan-tan cheats jailed 'as warning CHIME POM MOT PAY. SAYS COU»T PRESIDENT AFTER BEARING OF BOTEL GAMBLING FRAUD SEREMBAN, Friday. THREE businessmen, described by the president of the Sessions Court as "unscrupulous gambling racketeers," were jailed today two for six months and the third for nine months. The president,
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    Sweeper stole necklace
    41 6 SINGAPORE, Fri.— A theatre sweeper. K. Subramaniam. 20. was jailed for four years by Mr. Justice Buttrose in the Assizes today for robbing Mohamed Dawood of a gold necklace. valued $105. on the night ul June 28 last.
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    COUNCIL'S DECISION ON APPOINTMENTS
    210 6 SINGAPORE, Friday. T<HE City Council today decided that candidate; who had been selected by the Public Servic( Commission for council posts need not be interviewed by the staff committee before their apnointment. The staff committee had recommended by four votes to three, the P.A.P. councillors dissenting,
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    Named after the Sultan
    66 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Fn.— The royal baby born here last Saturday to Che Khalsom. wife oi the Regent of Johore's eldest son, Tengku Mahmud. has been named Tengku Ibrahim after his great-grand-father, the Sultan of Johore, Major-General Sir Ibrahim. The Sultan cabled his approval of the name
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    Hip, hip, hurray!
    598 7 COUNCIL VOTES THREE CHEERS FOR MAYOR ONG...LED BY THE MAN HE WANTED TO EJECT TWO WEEKS AGO SINGAPORE, Friday 'PIIK councillor whom A the Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, wanted police to eject from a City Council meeting a fortnight ago today proposed a vote of thanks
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    The PAP choice is in with non-PAP backing
    236 7 <2INGAPORE. Fri. PAP members of the City Council's staff committee lost a decision there by four votes to three. But they had their way in the council today—because non-PAP councillors supported them. The PAP committee members wanted Mr. Tan Beng Lay. an
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    'BE POLITE' PLEA IN COUNCIL
    281 7 SINGAPORE. Fri.— "When a question is asked all that is needed is a specific answer." said Mr. G. B. Armstrong (People's Al- I liancet in the City Coun cil today. "It does not cost money to be courteous." Mr. Armstrong was criticising some of the
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    A MESSAGE FROM ALAN FOR MARGO
    279 7 PENANG. Friday. MARGO CATOR, 17-year-old British model who tried to get to her sweetheart in Australia by stowing away in the liner Himalaya, was put in solitary confinement in an isolation ward of the Corfu when jthe ship called at Penang this afterI noon.
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    Charity bazaar
    40 7 PENANG, Fri— The Chief Minister. Da to Wong Pow Nee will declare open a food and fun fair in aid of St. Francis Xavier's church and orphanage fund on the church grounds, Penang Road, tomorrow at 4 p.m.
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    2 labourers acquitted
    60 7 BUTTERWORTH. Fri. Two estate labourers, PMuthu. 35, and G. Kananian. 22. charged jointly with being members of an unlawful assembly on' Nov. 7. were acquitted today when the prosecution withdrew the charge against them. The two men were alleged to have assaulted Mr. R L. Carter, manager
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  • Obituary
    DEATH
    32 8 jn M ..rrfs $10 (Minimum). KENNAWAY DOROTHY (Mrs. Mark John). Peacefully in her Meep on 23rd November, 1958. at t tie Glyndes, Wittersham, Kent. Funeral was held at Wittersham -7Ui November.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    79 8 tt Wards SlO (Minimum). MR AND MRS. YUSOFF QURESHI thank all friends for their: attendance, valuabble presents, asdistance und good wishes on the occasion of their marriage on 9th November and. a reception party on 14 11,58. MR. MRS. A. PEREIRA wish to thank all relatives and friends j
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS The Straits Times
    496 8 ANNOUNCEMENTS The Straits Times .'0 Ward, (Minimum). AUSTRALIAN GLACE Fruits!! X ir.a.s stocks liave just arrived at Cold Storage THE COCKPITS Java Rijsttafel i la served every Saturday and Sunday luncli lime. IT IS AVAILABLE now in Singapore—Tabasco, the Sauce made irom Chilli with a world-wide reputation. SPECIAL OFTER WEEK
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    Saturday. Nov. 29, 1958. The Berlin Crisis
    632 8 Saturday. Nov. 29, 1958. The Berlin Crisis The Russian plan for Berlin is not quite what Western Germany and the Western Powers thought it would be. Probably it has been amended in the light of Western criticism since Mr. j Khrushchev first spoke of j the abrogation of four power
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    The M.C.A. Storm
    298 8 It seems certain that the storm over the proposed new M.C.A. constitution will blow with even greater force when the central committee meets tomorrow. The last discussions nearly a month ago ended inconclusively, leaving the authors of the new charter and their critics exactly where they wero,
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    Batu Arang
    229 8 Batu Arang has been without some essential services for more than three weeks. Since November 1 Malayan Collieries, which has provided these services, has withdrawn them except from its own employees. Streets are unswept, drains are choked, and rubbish piles up in the market place. There is an
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    98 8 FIFTY YEARS AGO Straits, s.-ui,.,,, to Z tut His duty will h ur «*<> tra,|, the regions P° rt s of thin;, atld tb. I F I wer( 'l'»n. marked D r Tr n Kuala Lnmiiur th V s »> Planter." He^if? 1 Teylon plan t r r Ceylon. Pr
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    1184 8  -  CYNICUS by SINGAPORE'S City Council wasn't itself yesterday— and what a wonderful change it was. The Council's achievements, said the Mayor, were the result of hard and conscientious work. Three cheers for the Mayor, cried Mr. Tang Peng Yeu, of the People's Alliance, the gentleman who
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    THERE'S MARKED DROP IN POLIO CASES'
    169 9 THERE'S MARKED DROP IN POLIO CASES' IN GAPORE, Fri. U City Health Dr. J. Cameron, day that there s unquestionably a tailing off in liomyelitis epideIthOUgh it may month or two for ion to become! normal." case was reported m. today, bring- mdemic total to 326. two post -infectious i
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    INDUSTRIES: STORE MAIN SURVEY NOW
    107 9 C \PORE, Fri.— The Singapore Govern- ■.vi 11 start its main of the island's] trial resources on it was an- today. which will co- 1 in 7.") categories ry, Is intended to for a plan to the Colony's econot ase employment. It is expected to
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    'New Singapore' welcomed
    771 9 PAP SILENT: MARSHALL (I'M UNHAPPY-IT'S A FRAUD) THE ONLY DISSENTING VOICE By PETER DE CRUZ Singapore, Friday POLITICAL LEADERS here today thought that the Order-in-Council giving Singapore internal self-government reflected the spirit of the agreement signed hy the all-party delegation earlier this year. They felt that the
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    Art exhibition
    30 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew Hock, will ooen the ninth open exhibition of the Singapore Arts Society at the Victoria Memorial Hall on (Dec. 16.
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    Question, then a whisper from aide
    30 9 CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER, Mr. John Die fenbaker, listens as his political counsellor, Mr. H. B. Robinson, repeats a reporter's question at yesterday's Press conference.
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    CEREMONY AT CENOTAPH
    27 9 Mii. on fkm; akkk lavs a wreath at the Kuala Lumpur Cenotaph on behalf of the Government and prop!,, of Canada. Straits Times picture.
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    Jailed six years for theft bid
    124 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. An unemployed labourer. Goh Hai Chew, who was found guilty at the Assizes today on a charge of housebreaKin^ in order to commit theft, was jailed for six years by Mr. Justice Buttrose. It was alleged by the prosecution that on Sept.
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    Traffic game
    29 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. The finals of the Singapore Safety First Council's Shell traffic game will be held at the former Kallang airport on Dec. 4 at 5 p.m.
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    Crowded programme for Diefenbaker
    197 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. John Diefenbaker, will have hardly a moment's rest from the time he arrives at Singapore Airport on Monday until his departure the next morning. He is expected to arrive with his wife at 10.45 a.m. At the airport to
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    Staff dinner
    24 9 PETALING JAVA. Fri— The board of management of the National School here will give a buffet dinner to the school staff tomorrow.
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    Cheque to help deaf-mutes
    54 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. A cheque for $1,000 will be presented to the president of the Singapore Association for the Deaf and Dumb by Mr Teo Han Sam at the Girls Homecraft Centre, York Hill, on Monday. The money is to buy five hearing aids for the school
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    Mayor reviews the City Council's first year
    1091 10 'ACHIEVEMENTS WERE NOT SPECTACULAR BUT WE DID OUR BEST' SA YS ONG SINGAPORE, Friday. THE MAYOR, Mr. On? Eng Guan, told the City Council today the work of the fi rs t fully elected council in its first year "has not been spectacular
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    'CHANGE THE NAME' CITY MEETING
    258 10 SINGAPORE. Friday. SINGAPORE has a large number of streets which 0 bear similar names but are located in widely different districts. A suggestion by Mrs. F. Lf-un-Soh. a City Councillor, that some of the names should be changed to avoid misleading people will be cunsidered
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    No S'pore stop for Prasad
    78 10 SINGAPORE. Fri.— The President of India. Dr Rajendra Prasad. will not pass through Singapore when he flies to Indonesia after his ilrst State visit t> the Federation next week Mr. A.K. Dar. First Secretary of the Indian HUh Commission in Singapor ■said today: "The Presidenwill
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    Appeals board for schools
    58 10 SINGAPORE, frt The following have been appointed members of the School Appeals Board for the next hree years: Mr. Tan Siak Kew (chairman). Prof. Huang Ying lung. Yen. Dr. D. D. Chelliah. Haji Badruddin bin Haji pang. Madam Liv Yuen ■Jien. Messrs. B. L. Chua L
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    Mr. Kho's Sydney plan
    74 10 SYDNEY. Fn. A young Sing: pore architect. Mr Kho Tje Jam. 28. is one of four men who have drawn up a plan to red ign a long-neglected area of Sydney Harbour This was a project set by the University of Sydney's Department of Town and
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    Malaya's first fuel technology graduate
    107 10 Malaya's first fuel technology graduate MR. CHEN YEW SEONG. 32. an industrial chemist at the Pasir Panjang power station. Singapore, has been elected an associate member of the Institute .of Fuel. London, after passing advanced fuel technology examinations. Mr. Chen's achievement makes him the first Malayan to become a "chartered
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      1509 11 hon'ble company censured popular governor I \TK stroller in the grounds of nment House in i, on the night February, ould have seen c litfht burning upper storey J ndow of that elehut otherwise „rkable build int. loser observer of might
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      187 11 1 *§rr9i€>n 4% fo. By 3tt§a f THESE PEARLS ARE SIMPLY I l/^ YOU'RE TECCIFIC >> T2HK |C ''U. TELL WU HCvT'J' ~L.^'-r l /'1 f£^~ \l MAZVEUCUS-IVE ALWAYS WAOTEDJ I£ I KHDW WOW J^^Ml -r-^^~^.. •~D£L±3 mi i The Suint By Lvstiv Iharl<*ris BUT I NEED] ~-EY ARE m_/V£\i/''sOC2
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    LESS BUSINESS DONE ON LOCAL SHARE MARKET NOW
    460 12 By Our Market Correspondent THERE was a little less confidence on the Malayan Share Market yesterday and the turnover again continued to be on a reduced scale compared with a week ago. frnmthp The market felt a backwash resulting from the announcement
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    91 12 The Mala>an Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes in its rates to mercaants I yesterday (all rates to S100>: Canada: buying airmail T.T. 31 13 lli. O.D. 31 15 l(i. 90 d/st I 3:.' 1 credit bills. 32 8 Hade kUk. Selling T.T. or O.IJ. ready: Canada
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    28 12 SINGAPORE, Nov. 28. RUBBER: 87i 4 cents per Ib. (down fiveeighths of a cent). TIN: 5386.75 per picul (down 25 cents). Estimated unofficial uttering 100 tons.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    594 12 The Malayan Share Brokers" Association reported yesterday: Uninspired conditions prevailed vi all sections ol the local share market with prices inclined to ease and the turnover was small. Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business: Fed Dispensary $109; Praser Neave ords Sl.dY'.li (OL, O) SI 61 to
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    24 12 Malayan Share Market. Nov. 28 Nov. J7 j Industrial: lUI »'!.Bfl Tins: 91.81 93.44 Rubbers 1(17.71 lnii'i: Jan 1 19r<8 m Inn
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    110 12 MELBOURNE Prl. INVESTMENT and mining shares on the Stock Exchange tiere today maintained a steady tone with E. Z. Industries up 6d. Loans 3V r 1956-59 £99 17s. 9d. Bank of N.S.W £35'j seller Con. Zinc 72/6 Mount Lyell 28/8 seller N Broken Hill 93/9 Hill 50 9/l>i
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    114 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per piciil yesterday were: Copra: quiet: UK Continent November/Decemoer $41 buyers $42 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $64 >i sellers, drum 566 sellers. Pepper: quiet, staady; no business was reported crone. Mi nU)k white $131, Sarawak $130 (both up Sl>, special Sarawak
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    RUBBER PRICES
    55 12 ■"■rrmhrr tir buyei. !r M yeslerd., down Tfcu,,,, ass yertera ofh(i\, f.o.b. buye fli Int. i r oi 87'... sen, tot 2 R »O h sellers 8i _JW CONTIXEM Dec. buv«r< 84>, (No Singapoir r hlm meree K.,l,i.,- r «l noon Nov. 28,. in Int. Irs? Int. 1
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    Rubber declines further
    187 12 fWVn- tenUenc. tu gruunu. 1 evident at the end ot j last week was short lived, slate Holiday. Cutler, Bath and Co. Ltd. in their current rubber survey. Despite good interest for the lower grades oi sheet, fair quantities of R.S.S. 1 being liquidated by up-country centres
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      588 12 NOTICES NOTICE WF wi.-h to notity the public thti we have relinquished our appolntmeot as Booking Representatives to Mr. Lee Cheng Yel of Tampwita Villa Estate Development. M from 15-11-58. \l KORA AKTIONEERS LIMITED 10. Teluk Aver St., Singapore. 2ith. November, 1958. PAJAM LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY
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      773 12 NOTICES THE TOWN BOARDS ENACTMENT (NO. 11 8) Notice L'nder Section 137. NOTICE is hereby given under section 137 of the Enactment that a draft plan No J4/3202 of the area known as Jalan Pegawal Dalam bounded by Jalan Zabedah. 1 Jalan Bakau Chondong and Jalan Kluang has been prepared
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      723 12 NOTICES NOTICE TO CONSUMERS KINTA WATER SUPPLY Due to repairs works to the Sungei Tapah headworks, there will be a reduction in pressure in the Guntong new village. Sllibin Road and Maxwell Road areas ot Ipoh from Monday Dec. Ist to December Bth inclusive. Any Inconvenience caused is regretted. CHAPTER
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      845 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited rom Federal Citizens and from serving permanent Government I Officers including those on probation (or appointment as Societies and Trade Union Registration Officers (Chinese) in the Registrar of Societies and Trade Unions Department, Federation of Malaya. Candidates must have attained their 21st birthday, possess a
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      262 12 TENDERS MALAYAN RAILWAY I'ENDERS are invitea lor cne purchase ol Scrap -teel rail? approx. 225 ton 6 ex Seiuul Woik* Seniul (lender depo&it S2.i)ou/-i rendcr.s close at 12 00 noon jn ,Bth UecemOer. IHjB .it the otlite' of the Chan man, Tendet Opening Board, c/o Chiei Accountant. Malayan Railway. Kuala
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      650 12 "K LINE" Japan 6t USA Pacific/Atlantic Coast Service Soce P S'tiam Per*-? RTA ,-h t -■Kantiki*» Maru 9/10 Dec 11 Oec t? Oec 2m call 13/15 Oec 19 oec ?< oec 11 n j "KHMkawa Maru" 11/13 la* 14 lan IS l» IS jao 24 Ijn j loading tot Hongkong,
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      1309 13 buZng THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. Ul -'^i SINGAPORE (Incorporated in the United Kingdom) I LINES SAILINGS TO ADEN. U.K. I CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. Sham Penang BENARTY for Hamb.irg. London. Rotterdam ll Port/31 Nev BENVRACKIE for London. Rotterdam, Bremen. Hamburg G 33-3« J Dec London lueet arrives 21 DM
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      1242 13 McALISTER tic CO.. LTD. TEl.i He.. 213(1 BELLERMAN LIKES LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM. Mmm a huu i-o lor U.S.A.. North Atlantic Portl md Canada »n Colombo em of ■chord S'oor* P. Sham fenani M/n lie H/» Dtc 14/ M Dec 'Calls Casaftttnca i Havrt r>- London Cm OF LIVEHPOOI Spore P.
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      163 14 BAR ON WORKING WOMEN PRESUMABLY your cor respondent Elsie (S.T Nov. 15) is oblivious of the extent of unemployment facing this country. True many married women are .supplementing their family income by working. But they ill not suffer great hardship if their income la stopped though this will involve sacrifices
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      CAREER WOMEN ONLY
      87 14 CAREER WOMEN ONLY I AGREE with Mr. Got. Kha Pheow (S.T. Nov. 8> and Elsie <S.T. Nov 15 >. There are some married women who work though their husbands draw a basic salary of 5790 to $1,000 a month. The government should make a ruling that married women should only
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      WHAT MALAYA OWES TO THE WEST
      336 14 WITH reference to Mr. K. G. Tregonnings' Rotary Talk on a new approach to Malayan history, perhaps Western influence in Malaya in the 16th and 17th centuries has been grossly exaggerated by some European historians. However. European influence in Asia since the 19th century.
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      COMMENT IS BAD TASTE
      72 14 IT is unfortunate that anyone should question the qualification of the new Chief Justice or the merit of his appointment. His appointment undoubtedly was unexpected. But comment by members of the legal profession is In bad taste as it will cause unnecessary embarrassment In various quarters.
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      Teachers of English in Chinese schools
      158 14 IT was reported (S.T. Nov. 22) that the K.L. Municipal Education Officer. Mr. J. R. Davidson, in his reply to a request by Chinese headmasters for more English periods of study stated that 'the lo\* standard of English in Chinese schools" was a result
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      Mis-spelling of street names
      197 14 |X>R over sixty years our V City Fathers seem to have laboured under the mistaken idea that the Chinese from Amoy and its neighbourhood call themselves Hokkiens. call their ianguaee Hokkien and say they come from Hokkien province. I am surprised that theleaders of the Hokkien
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      Seating capacity of private cars, vans
      253 14 rERE seems to be a curious inconsistency in the matter of seating capacities of private cars as opposed to commercial vehicles. I have recently had n.v application rejected to carry two persons beside the driver on the broad bench type seat of a delivery
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      Delay over issue of death certificates
      141 14 I CALLED at the ottice ot the Registrar of Births and Deaths. Singapore, to obtain a copy of the death certificate in respect of my late wife who died about a decade ago. I was requested by an officer in that office to fill
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      Release trained teachers from clerical jobs
      126 14 IN view of the great shortage of trained teachers everywhere in Malaya, one fails to understand how a school in Pahang can afford to have a trained teacher spending the greater part of his time doing clerical work in the school which already has
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      Traffic light wanted
      63 14 EACH time I saw a traffic policeman on duty during peak hours (7 9 a.m.) at the junction of Yio Chu Kang and Upper Serangoon Roads there was a traffic jam. 1 see no reason why the Police Department should waste public money by having a policeman
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    THINK AGAIN DECISION ON SOSC LEVY
    262 15 THINK AGAIN DECISION ON SOSC LEVY Singapore, Fri. OMMENDATION to impose a five I k\> OH all gale collections of affi Singapore Olympic and Sports i means of raising funds to send rseas Ikis been referred back to the lance subcommittee for further ;ion was made at a S.O.S.C. council
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    Stay-away members are criticised
    416 15  -  SAUL JOSHUA By SINGAPORE, Fri. Vernon Perreau, the secretary ot the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association today warned that unless members of the general committee showed more interest in the activities of the association, Singapore athletics would face a bleak future. Mr. Perreau made this statement following
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    DATE FIXED FOR JUNIOR ASIAN CUP
    131 15 DATE FIXED FOR JUNIOR ASIAN CUP KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The F.A. of Malaya has fixed Apr. 19 or 20 as the tentative date for the Asian Junior Cup soccer championship to begin. Mr. I mi Kee Siong. a vicepresident of the F.A.M. who has been appointed chairman of a five-man
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    26 15 LONDON. Fri. Results of yesterday's Rugby Union matches: County championship East Midlands 14 Notts, Lanes and Derby 5; Leicestershire 9 Warwick, shirp fi Reuter
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    Wanderers score second victory
    258 15 SINGAPORE, Friday. WANDERERS, fighting against relegation in the Singapore Hockey Association's first division league, gained two valuable points when they beat S.C.R.C. 5-1 at Farrer Park Stadium today. This was Wanderers' second victory in 11 matches and they now stand aoove SC.R.C. and Indians with seven
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    113 15 SYDNEY, Fri In the women's doubles final of the New South Wales tennis championships played at White City here yesterday. Thelma Long and Kay Hawton (New South Wales) beat Sandra Reynolds and Rene Schuurman (South Africa) 9-7. 1-6, 7-5. Other results: Boys'
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      244 15 BADMINTON' .;i <;<;KR Joliore Juniors v Singapore. Blur* i up: ouiiiapore Asians Juniors. Johore Bahru. a All Blues, pa- SOCCER S.C.C. Ayer Friendly: Jolliiads v 2nd. GurkSouth Johore" v has, Geylang. Bahru; South TOMORROW 121 BVD. Johore nn „_r v Garrison V 3 BOD HOIKLI Base v GHQ. SH,% league,
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      212 15 counted on (5. 3. 7). 23 T.T. raced? Take something away (7). 24 He provides tood for an animal with a good deal of hesitation (7) DOWN t No more credit? Hiat meant reprimand! (4. 3). I Joint in front of the gate, but one can get out (3, 6,
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    1013 16 Mont Blot II gets vote against likely favourite Sterling RACING with EPSOM JEEP \fIONT BLOT 11, with aTI only 7.9 to carry, gets a confident vote against probable favourite Sterling in the Class 2, Div. 1 trophy race over l^m at Ipoh today. He is a genuine sort. who is
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    947 16 Today's Best Bets CPSOM JEEP'S best bets for today ore CROWN LINK (Race 2), HAPPY LIFE (Race 4) and MONT BLOT II (Race 6). CALL BOY'S double is HAPPY LIFE and MONT BLOT 11. THE GOING will be GOOD RACE I— Z.JO: (Class 2, Div. 4) 6
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